Exploiting Hollywood 1980

On March 31, the Oscars were postponed for one day due to the shooting of President Trump.

Because of the 3-hour time difference with Los Angeles, New York audiences can only watch the live broadcast at 9 pm.

However, Aunt Karen and Donna still waited in front of the TV early to watch the live broadcast of ABC.

A drum sounded, "Dear audience, live broadcast, we are outside the door of Dorothy Chandler Hall, and the stars are shining tonight.

Fans have been waiting for their idols outside since this morning..."

The opening music sounded, and it was a shot of the stars entering the venue earlier. Every time a star appears, the host will add a broadcast introduction. If it is a nominee for this year, the name of the nominated award and the movie will be added.

"Where is Ronnie? Did I miss it?" Aunt Karen was a little anxious because she hadn't seen the footage of her relatives yet.

"This is an edited shot from earlier. Ronnie is not an actor or a big-name director. The audience doesn't know him. I guess he's not here. He will be available when he is nominated." Donna knew a little more. After setting up the video recorder, she sat back on the sofa and ate potato chips.

"So that's how stars can appear in advance. This is my first time watching the Oscar broadcast." Aunt sat on the sofa, sipping her tea.

She suddenly thought, "Will Diane appear in the show? She's not going to be a star's female companion."

"Timothy Hutton, he got a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 'Ordinary People', so he should appear." Donna didn't tell her mother that Hutton had a conflict with her cousin Ronnie. Karen didn't quite understand this kind of conflict between stars. Ronald had told her not to worry her aunt.

"This is the nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 'Ordinary People'..." said the background commentary of the TV station.

"Is it him? So old?" Aunt Karen asked her daughter.

"Not him, this is another nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 'Ordinary People', who plays a psychiatrist." Donna flipped through the nomination list on the daily variety show.

"This is, this is Hutton." After a few seconds, Donna pointed to the TV and said.

"This is Timothy Hutton, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 'Ordinary People'. The one with him is... um, let's take a look at the handsome Hutton."

Blue eyes, he looks like a good boy, which is very useful for people of Aunt Karen's age.

"Is that Diane next to him?"

Donna was not sure, she stood up and walked to the TV to distinguish carefully, "It seems to be her, there is a small scar at the corner of her eye. Why doesn't the TV give her a close-up shot from the front? It's blurry from so far away."

ABC gave Hutton about ten seconds of entrance, but the frame strangely did not put Diane Lane's face in the same frame with Hutton. Only Hutton's female companion can be seen, a woman wearing a white coat and white skirt, with a white lace hood on her head.

Finally, the camera flashed a few times on the side of the woman, and Donna was sure that it was Diane.

The screen was all, and the host continued to broadcast: "Anna Ross, and the handsome Michael Jackson. Their careers in the music industry are more successful."

"It's really not easy to appear on the Oscars." Aunt Karen sighed.

"That's not right. The stars before all gave the camera to the male and female companions." Donna didn't know why.

Time went back to two hours ago.

Diane and her father Bert, together with Timothy Hutton, came to the Dorothy Chandler Hall where the Oscars were presented. Today they will walk through the camera as each other's male and female companions.

A large number of guests gathered at the drop-off area opposite the concert hall, walked across the street in pairs, and entered the awards hall.

Diane Lane wore a full white dress today, which fully showed the purity and beauty of the little girl. White dress, a white coat on the upper body, a white bag, and white sandals on her feet.

She took Timothy Hutton's arm and looked up. Hutton was gentle and handsome. I don't know why he and Ronald had a conflict. Diane thought that maybe there was some misunderstanding between the two.

While waiting, Diane wanted to know more about this male companion. So she tentatively asked Hutton about his next movie plan, whether he would make a sequel to Grease as rumored.

"I haven't announced it publicly yet, but I will go to make Lights Out. The sequel to Grease is really not a good script, and the screenwriter is too bad."

Diane thought that the two of them were indeed in deep conflict, but Hutton looked very graceful, so she further probed, "I saw that the screenwriter of the Grease sequel, Ronald, was also nominated for the best screenwriter at the Oscars."

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Say something good to that bastard?" Hutton raised his hand impatiently, broke away from Diane's arm, and asked, "Last time at Jane Fonda's party, you were with him, what is your relationship?"

Diane frowned, this person's temper is not as good as it appears on the screen.

"I know his cousin's family, and we are very good friends."

"A bunch of other@#$%!" Hutton swore and cursed Ronald's family.

"Hey, they are my friends." Diane was angry and asked him not to insult his friends.

Timothy Hutton sneered, "I will definitely win the Best Supporting Actor. The actor who was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in "Ordinary People" has long given up on public relations and the award. Paramount has decided to promote me. Think about it carefully. Who should you rely on in Hollywood? A star or a screenwriter?

If you don't want to walk in with me, Elizabeth McGovern is over there. It's not too late to change now. You can go find Ronald. Oh, I forgot, the screenwriter didn't have a walk in front of the camera...hahaha."

Diane felt very uncomfortable. She adjusted her white hood and politely took Hutton's arm. It was not easy for her agent to find this opportunity, and it was not very appropriate to turn against him on the spot.

She had a good friendship with Donna, and Ronald had helped her many times. Therefore, she hated this male star with a dirty heart. She showed it in her body language, and kept a long distance from Hutton when she walked past the camera.

The on-site cameraman also knew that Hutton was the first important award to be presented tonight, the favorite for the best supporting actor, so he zoomed the camera to a close-up and gave Hutton a lot of close-ups of his face. Diane's face was suddenly framed outside the frame.

"Strange, why is this actress so far away from Hutton and not stealing the spotlight? "The cameraman muttered to himself, zoomed out a little, and added a blurry shot of Diane at the end.

Ronald entered the award ceremony hall earlier than Diane. He saw his teacher, the best director candidate Marty Scorsese, from a distance. Marty was surrounded by four FBI agents for protection, and no one else could get close.

Ronald called "Marty". Scorsese shrugged at him, indicating that he had no choice. Ronald waved to him and his wife Isabella, wishing him good luck. He found a seat in the back row and sat down.

Next to him were Roger and Julie Coleman, and there were three empty seats.

"Where are the cultural counselor and his wife of the embassy?" Ronald asked Coleman.

"He hasn't arrived yet. He just called to say that only one person may attend. The Soviet Union has some strange rules for officials to attend capitalist occasions."

"Hey, if you said it earlier, you can still sell the seat. "Ronald thought, Coleman must be quite regretful in his heart.

After a long time, the hall was filled with stars one after another. The lights dimmed and the music started.

A beam of light shone on the stage, and tonight's host appeared in front of everyone, Johnny Carson again.

Ronald and everyone else, at the signal of the staff, began to applaud.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you.

I believe you have all heard why our awards ceremony was postponed for 24 hours. ABC TV and the organizers of the Academy both thought it was inconvenient to hold a celebration when the situation was unstable last night.

Today's news is very happy. The President is in very good condition, has started working in the hospital, and has signed a bill..."

Everyone started to applaud again, Ronald looked around, this time it was spontaneous from the audience. The new President is very popular among the people, and many people were happy to hear that he was safe and sound.

The cultural counselor of the Suweil Union Embassy, ​​who came alone later, also clapped twice politely.

"As a former member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the President recorded a speech for this year's Oscars. Two hours ago, the White House specifically confirmed with us that the President wanted us to broadcast this part of his speech.

In addition, he insisted on putting a TV in the hospital room so that he and the First Lady could watch the Oscar broadcast. ”

The audience applauded again. This kind of movie-like hero's behavior of not caring about pain is very much in line with the taste of Americans.

Johnny Carson continued, "In fact, the President's health has recovered very well. I almost couldn't help but call him and ask if he could lend me a few of his jokes to use at the awards ceremony..."

"Hahaha..." The audience laughed. The cultural counselor obviously understood the humor and raised the corners of his mouth.

The President's figure began to appear on the big screen on the stage.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Like Nancy, I am very interested in the Oscar awards announced tonight...

Movies are the spirit of America...

Thanks to all movie directors, actors, technology, distribution, and audiences...

Movies will last forever. My own (poor) performance has also been recorded in some movies and will be passed down forever. As a former member of the Academy, Nancy and I invite you to watch the awards ceremony tonight. "

"Your great leader's acting skills are better in real life than on the screen." The cultural counselor said to Ronald in English with a Russian accent while clapping.